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Learn the wildlife of the Gambia

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2,003 species have research-grade observations in the Gambia on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you can learn a country's wildlife from home.

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Most recorded here

The species with the most research-grade observations on iNaturalist, and how many each has. Most recorded doesn't mean native.

Birds

  1. Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus630
  2. Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus518
  3. Black Kite Milvus migrans470
  4. Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi460
  5. Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus443
  6. Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis441
  7. Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus440
  8. Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus434
  9. Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator428
  10. Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis408

Plants

  1. African baobab Adansonia digitata158
  2. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera74
  3. Caesar weed Urena lobata68
  4. Wide Spikenard Mesosphaerum suaveolens62
  5. Neocarya macrophylla60
  6. Neem Azadirachta indica59
  7. Egyptian white water-lily Nymphaea lotus56
  8. Blue pussyleaf Nelsonia canescens50
  9. Rattleweed Crotalaria retusa45
  10. Aroma Dichrostachys cinerea43

Mammals

  1. Green Monkey Chlorocebus sabaeus500
  2. Western Red Colobus Piliocolobus badius232
  3. Guinea Baboon Papio papio151
  4. Gambian Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus gambianus115
  5. Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus gambianus87
  6. Patas Monkey Erythrocebus patas73
  7. Striped Ground Squirrel Euxerus erythropus63
  8. Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes56
  9. Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius41
  10. African Civet Civettictis civetta30

Insects

  1. Pioneer White Belenois aurota240
  2. Dancing Amber Telchinia serena231
  3. Graded Brown Pearl Achyra coelatalis203
  4. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus157
  5. Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth Spoladea recurvalis153
  6. Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodocus131
  7. Broad Scarlet Crocothemis erythraea116
  8. Banded Pearl Sameodes cancellalis112
  9. African Grass Blue Zizeeria knysna109
  10. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera105

Spiders and kin

  1. Hairy Golden Orb-weaving Spider Trichonephila fenestrata56
  2. Tailed Cellar Spider Crossopriza lyoni23
  3. Hyllus plexippoides21
  4. Brown Widow Latrodectus geometricus18
  5. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus18
  6. Gasteracantha curvispina17
  7. Banded-legged golden orb-web spider Trichonephila senegalensis17

Reptiles

  1. West African Crocodile Crocodylus suchus261
  2. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus194
  3. Rainbow Agama Agama agama105
  4. Senegal Mabuya Trachylepis affinis41
  5. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas31
  6. Senegambian Wall Gecko Tarentola senegambiae30
  7. Hemidactylus guineensis19
  8. Chevron-throated dwarf gecko Lygodactylus gutturalis17
  9. Fire-sided Skink Trachylepis perrotetii14

Amphibians

  1. Crowned bullfrog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis29
  2. Egyptian Toad Sclerophrys regularis18
  3. Galam white-lipped frog Hylarana galamensis14
  4. Ahl's River Frog Phrynobatrachus latifrons14

Fish

  1. Atlantic Mudskipper Periophthalmus barbarus141
  2. Bennett's Puffer Ephippion guttifer23
  3. Guinean burrfish Chilomycterus mauretanicus20
  4. Bonga Shad Ethmalosa fimbriata19
  5. Lusitanian toadfish Halobatrachus didactylus15
  6. Planehead Filefish Stephanolepis hispida14

Mollusks

  1. Rugose Donax Donax rugosus171
  2. Tankerville's Cardita Cardiocardita tankervillii31
  3. Gaping Cockle Bucardium ringens30
  4. Smooth Trough Shell Mactra glabrata23
  5. Triple Venus Tivela tripla21
  6. Ajar Cardita Cardiocardita ajar21
  7. African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica19
  8. Guinea Razor Shell Solen guinensis19
  9. West African mangrove oyster Crassostrea tulipa18
  10. Lissochlamys exotica15

How a trip works

A trip has its own trail of lessons: meet six species, match them to new photos, then practice with four choices. Species you learn go into your Fieldbook, and starting a trip earns its Passport stamp. Your home place stays as it is.

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Species lists and counts from research-grade observations on iNaturalist, as of October 2026. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.